CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner (Oldham)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 CAMHS role based at Oldham CAMHS, Royal Oldham Hospital. The post is a fixed-term maternity cover, full-time, 37.5 hours per week, across five weekdays. Salary ranges £39,959 to £48,117 per annum, pro rata.

Closing date 06/10/2026 23:59. Ideal candidate will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, undertake assessments, and formulate management plans, with a focus on safeguarding and evidence-based practice for young

Qualifications

• Excellent assessment skills.
• Ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans.
• Experience working within CAMHS or child mental health would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assess and formulate treatment plans for young people within CAMHS.
• Conduct routine mental health assessments and provide ongoing evidence-based interventions.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team.
• Monitor risk and ensure safeguarding in relation to the client group.

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area CAMHS Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week Mon-Friday) Job ref 311-HYM720-25-H

Site Oldham CAMHS - Royal Oldham Hospital Town Oldham Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate as we are about high quality care.

The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk.

The role will be within Oldham CAMHS Core team, assessing and formulating treatment plans for young people. This will involve both routine mental health assessments and providing ongoing evidenced based interventions.

You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group. You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, be flexible, self motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across team and agencies.

Main duties of the job

This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care. Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Oldham to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children’s services and the 3 rd sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services. This plan provides us with the guide and resources to begin delivering our vision of having CAMHS workers available in new ways, and working closely with children’s universal and targeted services in each of our locality areas.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. Were really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure were a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Please note, this role is within the core team and therefore confidence and skills with formulating treatment plans and providing intervention is essential.

Person specification

Experience

• Professional involvement with the users of